Sussex Playwrights

Frequency: Monthly (usually the first Sunday of every month)

Next meeting: Sunday September 3

Venue:  New Venture Theatre Bar, Brighton

Time: 7-9pm

Price: Membership £12 per year. Meetings free to members, visitors £2 to include wine and juice

More details: www.sussexplaywrights.co.uk

Note: This is a networking group for anyone who writes, watches, performs and enjoys discussing new drama. This month, there will be a rehearsed and recorded reading of winning Constance Cox Competition script ‘The Teaswell Incident’ by John Dutton

Kickstart Brighton

Frequency: monthly

Next meeting: Tuesday September 5

Venue:  Alfresco, The Milkmaid Pavilion, Kings Road Arches, Brighton, BN1 2LN

Time: Breakfast 7.30-9am

Price: £15 plus booking fee.

More details:  http://alfresco-brighton.co.uk/kick-start-brighton/

Note:  New networking event with a healthy breakfast

Toast network: Hove

Frequency: Twice a month

Next meeting: Tuesday September 5

Venue: Claremont Hotel, Second Avenue, Hove, BN3 2LL

Time: Breakfast, 7-8.30am

Price: £15, including breakfast. Members pay £50 to join and then £30 a month to cover the breakfasts.

More details:   www.toastnetwork.co.uk

Note: Newish networking group that meets every other Tuesday

The Breakfast Club

Frequency: Weekly

Next meeting: Tuesday September 5 (and every Tuesday)

Venue: Courtlands Hotel, 19-27 The Drive, Hove

Time: Morning, 7.15am-9am.

Price: £10 for non-members. Members pay £45 a month.

More details:  http://brightonnetworking.co.uk/

Note: Includes full English breakfast. The club has an exclusivity policy, so only one member in each sector can join. Contact the club if you would like to attend as a guest.

The Hove Albion BNI Chapter

Frequency: Weekly

Next meeting: Wednesday September 6

Venue: Courtlands Hotel, The Drive, Hove

Time: Morning, 6:30am-8:30am

Price: £10 for visitors. Members pay £10 a month for breakfast and there is an annual subscription fee.

More details: www.bnisussex.co.uk/memberlist.php?chapterName=9134

Note: Structured meeting with a focus on passing referrals. Largest of its kind in Sussex with over 60 regular members. Includes full English breakfast. Exclusivity policy, so only one member in each sector can join. Contact a member here if you would like to attend as a guest.

Brighton Premier Networking Club

Frequency: Monthly (first Wednesday of the month)

Next meeting: Wednesday September 6

Venue: Hotel du Vin and Bistro, 2 Ship Street, Brighton  

Time: Lunch time, 12-2.15pm

Price: £26 for guests. Members pay £50 to join, and then £25 a month to cover the lunches 

More info: www.networkinginbrighton.co.uk/our-events/

Note: Women-only event with one member per sector. You can attend twice as a guest. You will need to book if you want to go.

The Farm

Frequency: Weekly on a Wednesday

Next meeting: Wednesday September 6

Venue: Caxton Arms pub, 26 North Gardens, Brighton

Time: Evening from 8pm

Price: Free

More details:  www.brightonfarm.com

Note: Weekly drop in for freelancers and small businesses in the digital/web/mobile industry. Check the website for venue. For other Digital, Media & Technology events in Sussex, see the Wired Sussex website  http://www.wiredsussex.com/event-calendar/

Network Albion Business Club

Frequency: Monthly

Next meeting: Thursday September 7

Venue: The Amex Stadium

Time: Morning, 8:30am-10:30am

Price: £15 plus VAT for non-members  

More details: http://www.networkalbion.co.uk/events

Notes: Breakfast, networking and a different speaker every month

Second Friday Hove

Frequency: monthly (second Friday of the month)

Next meeting: Friday September 8

Venue: Watchmaker's Arms, 84 Goldstone Villas, Hove

Time: Lunch, 12.30-2pm

Price: free

More details: https://www.firstfriday-network.co.uk/meetings/details/hove

Notes: No booking required

Mumpreneurs Networking Club

Freq: Monthly

Next meeting: Friday September 8

Venue: The West Quay, Brighton Marina Village, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5UT

Time: Morning 9.45-11.15am

More details: www.mumpreneursnetworkingclub.co.uk/

Price: First event is free for non-members. Membership is £192 a year.

Note: Networking group for entrepreneurial women.

Toast network (Brighton)

Frequency: Twice a month

Next meeting: Tuesday September 12

Venue: Brighton Hotel, 143-145 King’s Road, Brighton

Time: Breakfast, 7-8.30am

Price: £15, including breakfast. Members pay £50 to join and then £30 a month to cover the breakfasts.

More details:   www.toastnetwork.co.uk

Note: Newish group that meets every other Tuesday (alternating with the Hove event).

Third Friday Networking club

Freq: Monthly, third Friday of the month

Next meeting: Friday September 15

Venue: Pitcher and Piano 1-5 King’s Rd, Brighton

Time: Lunch time, 12.30-2.30pm

Price: free

More details: www.thirdfridaybrighton.co.uk

Note: Informal, drop-in networking event with a relaxed vibe

Juice Breakfast

Freq: Monthly (usually third Friday of the month)

Next meeting: Friday September 15

Venue:   British Airways i360, Kingsway, Brighton BN1 2LN

Time: Breakfast 7.30am

Price: £10+ booking fee

More details: http://www.juicebrighton.com/business/breakfast-club/

Note: Big and busy, with different speakers and venue every month.

Brighton & Hove Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

Freq: Monthly

Next meeting: Friday September 22

Venue: Carluccio's, Jubilee Street, Brighton 

Time: Morning 07.45 – 09.30

Price: £20

More details: Brighton Chamber on thebestof

Note:  This month’s speaker is Jenni Lloyd, Chair of the Brighton Digital Festival and with her own successful company, PurposeLab.

Sussex Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast

Next meeting:  Wednesday September 27

Venue: Peacehaven Golf & Social Club

Time:  7.00-8.30am

Price: £9.50 plus VAT

More details: www.sussexchamberofcommerce.co.uk/

Note:  This is a joint networking breakfast with Newhaven Chamber of Commerce

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